The nine crew members of the bomber that crashed in the Libyan Desert in 1943 were 1st. Lt. William J. Hatton, pilot, of North Attleboro, Mass.; 2d Lt. D.P. Hays, navigator, of Lee's Summit, Mo.; 2nd Lt. John S. Woravka, bombardier, of Cleveland, Ohio; T/Sgt. Harold S. Ripslinger, of Saginaw, Mich.; T/Sgt. Robert E. Lamotte, of Lake Linden, Mich.; S/Sgt. Guy E. Shelley, of New Cumberland, Pa.; S/Sgt. Vernon L. Moore, of New Boston, Ohio, and S/Sgt. Samuel R. Adams, of Eureka, Ill. Vernon Moore's is the only body that was never recovered.
The nine crew members of the bomber that crashed in the Libyan Desert in 1943 were 1st. Lt. William J. Hatton, pilot, of North Attleboro, Mass.; 2d Lt. D.P. Hays, navigator, of Lee's Summit, Mo.; 2nd Lt. John S. Woravka, bombardier, of Cleveland, Ohio; T/Sgt. Harold S. Ripslinger, of Saginaw, Mich.; T/Sgt. Robert E. Lamotte, of Lake Linden, Mich.; S/Sgt. Guy E. Shelley, of New Cumberland, Pa.; S/Sgt. Vernon L. Moore, of New Boston, Ohio, and S/Sgt. Samuel R. Adams, of Eureka, Ill. Vernon Moore's is the only body that was never recovered.
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